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When Roads Are Closed for Marathons, More Elderly People Die of Heart Attacks

Harvard Business Review

On April 17 th , Boston will host its 121 st annual marathon. cities that held marathons from 2002 to 2012. Our findings imply that, for every 100 patients who have a heart attack or cardiac arrest, an additional three people would die within one month if the cardiac event happened on the day of a marathon. of them died).